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Suffolk Sheriff to Unveil Correctional Intelligence Center

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By Published: March 13 2023

LongIsland.com

Nation’s first jail intelligence center aiming to share trends and data across facilities to keep officers, public safe and stop crime.

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Suffolk County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon, Jr. will be joined by Elected Officials, industry professionals and Commissioners from partnering corrections agencies for the official launch of the “Correctional Intelligence Center” (CIC) at a date to be determined in the very near future. The CIC is the first-of-its-kind jail intelligence network that will share data, trends, best practices and potential threats across the jails and prisons. 
 
In order to keep the public, Correction Officers and incarcerated individuals safe, this center will proactively collect and disseminate trends about contraband, drugs, gang affiliations and potential threats through this network of jail and prison systems in the New York and New Jersey area. Sheriff Toulon will announce plans to expand across the Country, and nationally. Media is invited to the launch of the CIC, which is fully staffed with Corrections Intelligence Officers from the 6 initial participating agencies who are trained to gather, analyze, and disseminate the vast amount of intelligence generated from within the participating jail and prison systems.  The center also includes remote participation from 20 additional Counties in the New York State area. 
 
Corrections intelligence is underutilized in solving crimes – Since Sheriff Toulon took office in 2018, he has expanded collaboration with local law enforcement agencies to help solve cases utilizing intelligence from inside the Suffolk Facilities. The CIC will expand on this to help cases beyond the Suffolk borders by sharing pertinent information with Task Forces embedded with the F.B.I., U.S. Marshalls, Homeland Security, Suffolk County Police Department, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, and other police agencies.